Taylor River #1002,Snoqualmie Lake #1002
Jul 05, 2008
- Type of Outing
- Day hike
- Read More in our Hiking Guide
- Hike: Otter and Big Creek Falls - Taylor River
- Region: Snoqualmie Pass -- North Bend Area
- Agency: Mt. Baker Snoqualmie National Forest, Snoqualmie Ranger District
- Trails: Taylor River (#1002)
- Avg Rating: 4.06
- Read More in our Hiking Guide
- Hike: Snoqualmie Lake
- Region: Snoqualmie Pass -- North Bend Area
- Agency: Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Snoqualmie Ranger District
- Trails: Snoqualmie Lake (#1002)
- Avg Rating: 3.45
- Be Aware Of
- Blowdowns
- Water on trail
Started the hike around 1:15 p.m., hiked to Otter Falls and on to Snoqualmie Lake, getting back to car at 8:15 p.m. Taylor river trail has blowdowns in places and being a wet, rainy day, had a fair amount of water on the trail. Otter Falls was spectacular. Continuing on to Snoqualmie Lake found sections of Taylor River trail overgrown, which is great to see the road returning to a more natural state, but proved to be a saturating exerience, litterally! About 3 miles past Otter Falls, the trail splits and is signed, straight ahead for Nordrum Lake, and left, up the hill to Snoqualmie Lake (2 more miles). The trail is rather old and foot bridges are in VERY poor shape. The trail is marked though for renovations, as donoted by all the bright pink ribbons. A couple spots you are hiking up the creek bed and makes for wet feet if you mis-step. Brush is overgrown in a couple spots. Within 200 yards of the lake I hit intermittent snow pack, but is passible. The lake is surrounded by intermittent snow, but not bad. The lake itself was fogged-in, and the center is covered with slushy ice.
I loved the more rustic nature of the existing trail to Snoqualmie Lake, and enjoyed the solitude provided by the wet weather. I plan to come back later when the weather is nicer to capture some great pictures.
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